Re: Handling the opening and closing of laptop lid

Are you using a desktop environment like KDE? They usually have their own
settings...
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On Sat, Jul 20, 2024, 12:37 Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, all.
>
> Has anybody been able to cause FreeBSD with X to handle
> gracefully the closing and opeining of a laptop lid?
> Althogh I have:
>                 hw.acpi.lid_switch_state=s4
>
> on my HP 15bwoxx, closing the lid only turns the display
> off, whereas the HDD continues to spin, the laptop still
> buzzes, and upon opening the lid back up it goes into
> operative state instantenously, with two new windows of the
> "Settings/Display" application open in the centre of the X
> screen.  How can I cause it to hibernate or at least to
> stand by, and to prevent the launchhing of two "Display"
> applications every time I open the lid?
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